IPC Main Group
A24C 1/00 Elements of cigar manufacture
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
- Subclass:
- MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
Related Keywords
CIGARS manufacture
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A24C 1/02 Tobacco-feeding devices with or without means for dividing the tobacco into measured quantities
- A24C 1/04 Devices for cutting cigar binders or wrappers
- A24C 1/08 Making tobacco bunches
- A24C 1/16 Treating bunches
- A24C 1/26 Applying the wrapper
- A24C 1/38 Final treatment of cigars, e.g. sorting
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 13,201
- NICOVENTURES TRADING GB 7,482
- KT & G CORPORATION KR 4,818
- JAPAN TOBACCO JP 4,636
- JT INTERNATIONAL CH 3,806
- CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 2,490
- CHINA TOBACCO HENAN INDUSTRIAL 2,453
- CHINA TOBACCO HUBEI INDUSTRIAL 2,344
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) GB 2,199
- SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,097